Proverbs 16:30 | |
NASB: He who winks his eyes [does so] to devise perverse things; He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass. (NASB ©1995) GWT: Whoever winks his eye is plotting something devious. Whoever bites his lips has finished his evil work. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. ASV: He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass. BBE: He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about. DBY: He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass. JPS: He shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; he that biteth his lips bringeth evil to pass. WBS: He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. WEB: One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil. YLT: Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil. | |
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